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Oil portrait of a young man with reddish hair, dark jacket and bow tie, against a loosely brushed brown background.

Adriaan Pit (1860-1944). Director of the Dutch Museum for Art and History in Amsterdam

Marinus van der Maarel, 1880

Hand-colored print of a woman in a blue dress with a fan of pastel feathers, perched on a branch, titled Bird of Paradise.

Bird of Paradise

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Dark rocky landscape with cliffs, a stream, a waterfall, bare trees and small hunting figures under a cloudy sky.

Rocky Landscape with a Goat Hunt

Pieter Stevens, 1610-1614

Lithograph of a mounted officer in uniform raising his hat on a rearing horse, labeled Nathl. Lyon, Brig. Genl. U.S.A.

Nathaniel Lyon

Ehrgott & Forbriger, 1861

Political cartoon of two men cutting a map of America along Mason and Dixon's Line, with a skeleton labeled U.S. Army on the

The European Plan

Thomas Nast, 1880

Ten hand-coloured panels showing the ten avatars of Vishnu, including fish, tortoise, boar, and warrior figures.

Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat album

Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy, c. 1890

Apollo and Marsyas

Apollo and Marsyas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1757

Engraved seascape of the frigate Constitution in battle with the British frigate Guerriere amid smoke and rough sea.

U.S. Frigate Constitution with Commander Isaac Hull

Cornelius Tiebout, 1810

Engraving of uniformed officers in a surrender scene, one officer handing a sword to another beneath a flag, with a horse beh

"The Columbiad" -- Cornwallis Resigning his Sword to Washington

James Heath, 1800

Engraving of four people rowing a small boat across choppy sea, with sailing ships and a lighthouse on the horizon.

Crossing the Bay

William Thomas Cope, 1870

Engraved full-length portrait of a man in decorated armour holding a lance, with a jousting tournament scene behind him.

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales

William Hole, 1610

The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine

The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine

Peter Thys, 1639-1677

Engraving of an officer falling from his horse at the Battle of Palo Alto while another officer reaches to catch him, with ar

Death of Major Ringgold at the Battle of Palo Alto

Thomas Phillibrowne, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph of a woman's face on a bird's body perched on a branch with red flowers.

Taylor Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Hand-colored print of a grimacing lion-bodied creature on a grassy mound, with a man in orange below beside a waterfall.

Catamaran, Speel's Owl

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Hand-colored postcard of the Washington Patent Office building with pedestrians and parasols on a wide street.

Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1900

Folding screen of ten panels with ink paintings of bamboo stalks and leaves, with calligraphy and red seals.

Bamboos in Wind

Kim Jin-woo, 1934

Engraving of the neoclassical Patent Office in Washington with columns, carriages on the street, and pedestrians under clouds

Patent Office, Washington

Benson John Lossing

Engraved advertisement for Lawrence's Gallery daguerreotypes on Broadway, showing the building, two medals, and promotional t

Lawrence's Gallery

Martin M. Lawrence, 1850

Sheet music cover with palm trees, a steamship on water, and an oval portrait of Al Jolson in the lower right corner.

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

Rosenbaum Studios, 1910

Nast cartoon: Columbia shields a seated Chinese man from jeering men with sticks, beside anti-Chinese placards and a burning

The Chinese Question

Thomas Nast, 1870

Architectural sheet with a shaded view of a columned building, a longitudinal section, and a floor plan labeled 1840.

Old Patent Office plan

U.S. Patent Office, 1840

Colored postcard of the U.S. Patent Office in Washington with columns, an American flag, and pedestrians on the street.

U. S. Patent Office, Washington

B. S. Reynolds Co, 1920

Miniature portrait of a young boy in a dark jacket and white lace collar holding a small bird, in an open case.

Henry Larcom Abbot

Washington Blanchard, 1835

Miniature portrait of a young woman in a white bonnet with a blue bow, red shawl, and blue book, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Woman

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1795

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes and decorations, in a gold frame.

Napoléon I (1769-1821)

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1812

Hand-colored lithograph of a canvasback duck with a bearded man's face, with an easel and painter's palette behind it.

Canvas Back

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Portrait of a seated woman in a black dress, lace bonnet and gold necklace against a green background, dated 1833.

Eliza R. Read

Royall Brewster Smith, 1833

Bacchus, Ceres and Venus

Bacchus, Ceres and Venus

Cornelis Schut, 1612-1655

Sepia lithograph of the U.S. Patent Office with columns, horse carriages and streetcar, plus an inset of the North Hall museu

The U.S. Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1880

Lithograph portrait of a bearded naval officer in uniform standing on a ship deck with rigging and a flag behind him.

Louis M. Goldsborough

Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, 1861

School Teaching, a Teacher with Four Pupils

School Teaching, a Teacher with Four Pupils

Pasquale de' Rossi, 1656-1725